Baling-press



(No Model.) 7

'H. WEDDLE.v

BALING PRESS.

Patented Deals, 1887.

g vewto'a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ HENRY WEDDLE, on SHERMAN, TEXAS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,857, dated December 13,1887.

Application filed July 21, 1887. Serial No. 244,881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WEDDLE, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Sherman, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare that tliefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved baling-press. Fig. 2 is a view of the other side of the same. Fig. 3 is 'a longitudinal vertical section; and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional viewon lines 00 00, Figs. 2 and 3.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of baling-presses in which the plunger of thepress is drawn'down in the box by means of ropes or chains winding on a drum; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a press, as hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, thenumerals 1 indicate two sills, which may either be placed directly upon the ground or provided with suitable rollers or wheels for the purpose of making the machine portable, and four posts, 2, are secured to these sills and have their slightly-converging upper ends connected by a rectangular frame, 3, while a table, 4, is secured at the middles of the posts. This table is formed with a rectangular aperture, 5, at its middle, through which the upper end of the box 6 projects, the said box resting upon a cross-frame, 7, upon the iniddles of the sills, and one side of the box is provided at its lower half with an outwardlyswinging door, 8, hinged at its lower edge and having a cross-bar, 9, at its upper end, the ends of which project beyond the edges of the door and may be engaged by hooks 10 upon the sides of the box.

The plunger 11 is provided with a post, 12, at its middle, which post has a cross-bar, 13,

near the upper end, braced by a brace-rod,14,

l'secured to the ends of the cross-bar and passing over thetop of the post, and two ropes or chains, 15, are secured to the cross-bar and wind upon a drum, 16, journaled in bearings 17 in the sills. A rope or chain, 18, is secured to the upper end of the post of the plunger and passes over a pulley, 19, upon the middle of a cross-bar, 20, upon the upper frame, and passes, further, over a pulley, 21, at the end of the crossbar, being secured to and winding upon a drum, 22, at the end ofthe shaft of the drum having the other ropes or chains upon it. ,The other end of this drumshaft is provided with a helical pulley, 23, in

the groove of which a rope or chain, 24, may

wind, the said rope or chain being secured with its end in the largest twist of the helix, and this rope or chain has its other end secured to a Windlass, 25, having suitable means for revolving it, a crank, 26, being shown in the drawings, although any suitable means for applying power to the rope or chain may be used.

When the press is to be used, the plunger is drawn up by revolving the drum in such a manner that the rope or chain is wound upon the helical pulley and the rope lifting the plunger is wound upon the small drum, and when the plunger is raised out of the box the hay may be filled into the top of the box, the plunger being tilted to one side of the aperture in the table. The poweris thereupon applied to the rope or chain which is wound upon the helical pulley, unwinding the same,and this will revolve the drum-shaft in such a manner that the ropes drawing down the plunger will be Wound upon the drum, pressing the hay into a bale, while the lifting-rope will be unwound. When the bale has been pressed, the door at the side of the box may be opened, the ties having been secured, and the bale may be removed from the box, whereupon the plunger may again be raised, the box filled, and another bale made in the same manner as the former.

It will be seen that the press may be used for baling any article suited for baling, and by having the rope or chain revolving the drum winding and secured upon the helical pulley the power will be applied with a graduallyincreasing leverage, as the rope or chain will unwind from the gradually-Widening portions of the helix.

The construction of the press is simple and will admit of great strength, and on account of the comparatively few parts forming the press it will not be so very liable to get out of order or break, while if it should break all the parts may be repaired and replaced without employing any especially skilled labor, a common carpenter or millwright being capable of repairing or even building the press.

Havingthus described myinven tion, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-- In a baling-press, the combination of a box having its upper end open and having an outwardlyopening door at the lower portion of one side, a plunger in the box having a post provided with a braced cross-piece near the upper end, ropes secured to the ends of the cross-piece, a drum under the lower end of the box, having a helical pulley at one end and a small drum at the other end, and having the ropes secured to it and winding upon it, a rope passing over guidepulleys above the upper end of the box and winding upon the small drum in an opposite direction to the ropes upon the large drum, and a rope having the power-applying mechanism attached to one end, and having its other end secured to the widest twist upon the helical pulley winding upon the same, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aftixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY WEDDLE.

Witnesses:

J. D. WooDs, ZAL. J. Woons. 

